In praise of the password – the key to your digital kingdom

Passwords. You can’t go a day without them (or even an hour sometimes), from watching TV to the doing weekly shop.

And while it can seem like a drag, those strings of letters, numbers and weird characters are vital to your online safety – the digital equivalent of a cycling helmet, annoying but essential.

Actually, that’s not the best analogy – and not just because of the vocal population who disagree with wearing helmets.